Nag�o Grandma and White Papa : Candombl�e and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity / Beatriz G�ois Dantas ; translated by Stephen Berg.
Material type: TextSeries: Translation of the books in the series Latin America in translationPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, �2009.Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781469605487
- 1469605481
- 0807831778
- 9780807831779
- 0807859753
- 9780807859759
- Vov�o Nag�o e Papai Branco. English
- 299.6/73 22
- BL2590.B7 D3513 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Introduction -- The configuration of prestige in the Xang�o Terreiros -- Nag�o speaks of itself -- Nag�o speaks of "the others" -- The construction and meaning of "Nag�o purity" -- Uses of Africa by the Nag�o Terreiro.
This volume is a signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies originally published in Brazil in 1988. It compares the formation of Yoruba (Nago) religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs. By tracking how markers of supposedly 'pure' ethnic identity and religious practice differed radically from one place to another, the book shows the social construction of identity within a network of class-related demands and alliances.
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